The University Relations Committee met in
Boulder, Colorado on 9 October 2002 and at Stanford University
in Palo Alto, California on 15-16 April 2003.

Before each of the meetings, the URC Subcommittee
on Non-Core Funded Proposals convened by conference call
to review NCAR and UOP proposals submitted to NSF and
to determine if the guidelines were being met. For Membersí
information the guidelines
followed by NCAR scientists in preparing their proposals
are provided in this report.

Copies of the minutes of the October
and April meetings
are also provided in this report. Eric Betterton will
report on the activities of the committee this past year
at the October Membersí meeting. Questions and comments
are welcome in the meantime (betterton@atmo.arizona.edu).